FanDuel NHL Draft Percentages: Saturday 5/8/21
If you've played fantasy hockey over on FanDuel, then you know the importance of draft percentages, especially in larger-field tournaments. Knowing who the competition is using enables you to think with a contrarian mindset. And if your under-the-radar play ends up hitting, well, you're one step closer to a victory.
Each day, we'll be posting the previous night's draft percentages to help you see how the public was thinking. It'll let you see who the public used, which can be helpful when doing research for upcoming slates.
Let's take a look at the draft percentages for yesterday's main slate. If a player is not listed, his percentage was lower than 0.10%.
Goalies
| Player | Position | Salary | FanDuel Points | Draft Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor Hellebuyck | G | $7,000 | 3.2 | 23.33% |
| Cam Talbot | G | $7,900 | 15.2 | 21.37% |
| Mike Smith | G | $8,000 | 17.6 | 7.85% |
| Jonas Johansson | G | $6,500 | 16.8 | 6.03% |
| Marc-Andre Fleury | G | $8,400 | 24 | 4.86% |
| Jack Campbell | G | $8,200 | 20.8 | 4.67% |
| Ilya Sorokin | G | $8,000 | 26.4 | 3.85% |
| Andrei Vasilevskiy | G | $8,600 | 4 | 3.46% |
| Alex Nedeljkovic | G | $8,500 | 13.6 | 3.41% |
| MacKenzie Blackwood | G | $6,700 | -2.4 | 3.11% |
| Filip Gustavsson | G | $6,600 | 25.6 | 2.51% |
| Craig Anderson | G | $6,500 | 30.4 | 2.45% |
| Matiss Kivlenieks | G | $7,400 | 22.4 | 2.13% |
| Juuse Saros | G | $7,600 | 24.8 | 1.75% |
| Jonathan Bernier | G | $6,600 | 1.52% | |
| Semyon Varlamov | G | $8,000 | 1.24% | |
| Adin Hill | G | $6,900 | 31.2 | 0.92% |
| Alexei Melnichuk | G | $6,500 | 1.6 | 0.91% |
| Calvin Pickard | G | $6,600 | 4.8 | 0.57% |
| Sergei Bobrovsky | G | $7,800 | 30.4 | 0.57% |
| Philipp Grubauer | G | $8,400 | 0.41% | |
| Calvin Petersen | G | $7,100 | 9.6 | 0.32% |
| Ryan Miller | G | $6,800 | 0.8 | 0.28% |
| Thatcher Demko | G | $6,700 | 8 | 0.25% |
| Thomas Greiss | G | $6,600 | 0.24% | |
| Troy Grosenick | G | $6,500 | 0.19% | |
| Jake Allen | G | $7,300 | 6.4 | 0.19% |
| Ville Husso | G | $7,500 | 8 | 0.19% |
| Alex Lyon | G | $7,200 | 22.4 | 0.19% |
| Petr Mrazek | G | $8,500 | 0.16% | |
| Robin Lehner | G | $8,400 | 0.16% | |
| Vitek Vanecek | G | $8,300 | 0.13% |
Skaters
| Player | Position | Salary | FanDuel Points | Draft Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor McDavid | C | $9,200 | 48.2 | 66.49% |
| Auston Matthews | C | $9,000 | 14.4 | 45.50% |
| Leon Draisaitl | W | $8,400 | 34.6 | 31.76% |
| Jakob Chychrun | D | $5,800 | 12.8 | 29.62% |
| Cale Makar | D | $5,600 | 26.9 | 25.30% |
| Kirill Kaprizov | W | $6,700 | 21.3 | 24.79% |
| Daniel Sprong | W | $4,000 | 0 | 21.60% |
| Tyson Jost | C | $3,300 | 1.6 | 19.06% |
| Anthony Mantha | W | $4,700 | 11.2 | 16.50% |
| Josh Morrissey | D | $3,800 | 1.6 | 15.33% |
| Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | C | $5,400 | 0 | 13.75% |
| Anthony Duclair | W | $4,200 | 0 | 12.91% |
| Kyle Connor | W | $6,300 | 3.2 | 12.56% |
| Mitchell Marner | W | $7,500 | 16.8 | 12.47% |
| Conor Garland | W | $5,200 | 21.6 | 12.42% |
| Mikko Rantanen | W | $8,300 | 11.7 | 12.27% |
| Alec Martinez | D | $4,700 | 22.9 | 11.41% |
| Darnell Nurse | D | $5,600 | 21.3 | 10.47% |
| Blake Wheeler | W | $5,500 | 16 | 10.46% |
| Matt Dumba | D | $4,300 | 9.6 | 9.77% |
| MacKenzie Weegar | D | $4,200 | 11.2 | 9.18% |
| Tyson Barrie | D | $6,300 | 14.4 | 9.16% |
| Mark Scheifele | C | $7,400 | 23.2 | 7.69% |
| Sam Bennett | C | $4,300 | 25.3 | 7.35% |
| Jesse Puljujarvi | W | $4,400 | 20 | 7.26% |
| Tomas Hertl | C | $6,700 | 17.6 | 7.05% |
| Evander Kane | W | $7,500 | 11.2 | 6.66% |
| John Tavares | C | $6,800 | 11.2 | 6.62% |
| William Nylander | W | $5,700 | 16.8 | 6.55% |
| Joonas Donskoi | W | $3,300 | 3.2 | 6.49% |
| Gabriel Landeskog | W | $7,000 | 8 | 5.96% |
| Andrew Copp | W | $3,800 | 12.8 | 5.86% |
| Joe Thornton | W | $3,400 | 3.2 | 5.85% |
| Sebastian Aho | C | $8,100 | 4.8 | 5.41% |
| Seth Jones | D | $4,700 | 30.4 | 5.39% |
| Vincent Trocheck | C | $5,900 | 1.6 | 5.38% |
| Chandler Stephenson | C | $4,800 | 17.2 | 5.35% |
| Dougie Hamilton | D | $6,600 | 3.2 | 5.27% |
| Aleksander Barkov | C | $8,000 | 13.3 | 5.10% |
| Erik Brannstrom | D | $3,500 | 3.2 | 4.98% |
| Andrei Svechnikov | W | $6,000 | 3.2 | 4.82% |
| Anthony Beauvillier | W | $5,200 | 9.6 | 4.37% |
| Kevin Fiala | W | $6,400 | 16.5 | 4.36% |
| Morgan Rielly | D | $5,300 | 9.6 | 4.30% |
| Joel Eriksson Ek | C | $4,600 | 0 | 4.25% |
| Jake Muzzin | D | $3,900 | 12.8 | 4.03% |
| Alex Tuch | W | $4,400 | 11.2 | 4.01% |
| Mikhail Sergachev | D | $4,300 | 0 | 3.98% |
| Mats Zuccarello | W | $4,900 | 20.8 | 3.97% |
| Mark Stone | W | $7,500 | 0 | 3.88% |
| T.J. Oshie | W | $6,800 | 0 | 3.84% |
| Jared Spurgeon | D | $5,000 | 20.5 | 3.78% |
| Dmitry Orlov | D | $4,400 | 9.6 | 3.59% |
| Martin Necas | W | $4,700 | 1.6 | 3.52% |
| Alexander Barabanov | W | $3,600 | 18.4 | 3.28% |
| Cole Caufield | W | $3,400 | 1.6 | 3.27% |
| Jonathan Marchessault | W | $6,600 | 9.6 | 3.15% |
| Nils Hoglander | W | $3,700 | 3.2 | 3.09% |
| Mathew Barzal | C | $6,500 | 23.2 | 3.04% |
| Andre Burakovsky | W | $4,800 | 19.7 | 3.00% |
| Michael Bunting | W | $3,500 | 0 | 2.99% |
| John Carlson | D | $6,700 | 2.97% | |
| Jakub Vrana | W | $5,400 | 31.2 | 2.90% |
| Nick Suzuki | C | $5,000 | 21.6 | 2.83% |
| Justin Faulk | D | $4,100 | 8 | 2.60% |
| Alex Pietrangelo | D | $5,800 | 21.7 | 2.59% |
| Shea Theodore | D | $6,600 | 1.6 | 2.54% |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | $6,400 | 2.50% | |
| Dominik Kahun | W | $3,500 | 8 | 2.48% |
| Jeff Petry | D | $5,300 | 9.6 | 2.47% |
| Anze Kopitar | C | $6,800 | 1.6 | 2.45% |
| Jonathan Huberdeau | W | $7,400 | 28.5 | 2.43% |
| Sean Couturier | C | $7,300 | 6.4 | 2.41% |
| Erik Karlsson | D | $4,900 | 3.2 | 2.36% |
| Lars Eller | C | $4,400 | 20 | 2.31% |
| Brayden Point | C | $7,400 | 0 | 2.31% |
| Ryan Ellis | D | $4,300 | 11.2 | 2.30% |
| Roman Josi | D | $6,600 | 8 | 2.29% |
| William Karlsson | C | $5,600 | 0 | 2.29% |
| Teuvo Teravainen | W | $5,900 | 4.8 | 2.26% |
| Devon Toews | D | $4,800 | 30.4 | 2.25% |
| Alex Galchenyuk | W | $3,800 | 3.2 | 2.22% |
| Ondrej Palat | W | $5,700 | 4.8 | 2.19% |
| Brent Burns | D | $6,100 | 9.6 | 2.14% |
| Brady Tkachuk | W | $6,400 | 3.2 | 2.11% |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | D | $3,900 | 9.6 | 2.03% |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | W | $6,400 | 29.6 | 1.93% |
| Filip Hronek | D | $3,700 | 10.1 | 1.93% |
| Ryan O'Reilly | C | $6,500 | 9.6 | 1.87% |
| Nazem Kadri | C | $5,100 | 8 | 1.84% |
| Alex Goligoski | D | $3,800 | 14.4 | 1.65% |
| Brock Nelson | C | $5,600 | 29.3 | 1.62% |
| Ryan Hartman | C | $3,400 | 15.2 | 1.58% |
| Gustav Forsling | D | $3,500 | 22.4 | 1.58% |
| Colton Parayko | D | $3,600 | 15.2 | 1.57% |
| Travis Konecny | W | $5,400 | 1.6 | 1.52% |
| Trevor Zegras | C | $3,600 | 16.8 | 1.50% |
| Ryan Pulock | D | $4,400 | 9.6 | 1.47% |
| Cam Atkinson | W | $5,600 | 21.6 | 1.47% |
| Blake Coleman | W | $4,200 | 9.6 | 1.46% |
| Drake Batherson | W | $4,400 | 0 | 1.44% |
| Victor Hedman | D | $6,200 | 1.43% | |
| Tom Wilson | W | $4,800 | 4.8 | 1.43% |
| Jonas Brodin | D | $4,000 | 3.2 | 1.42% |
| Phil Kessel | W | $6,100 | 33.3 | 1.37% |
| Claude Giroux | W | $6,900 | 1.6 | 1.35% |
| Josh Norris | C | $4,600 | 9.6 | 1.34% |
| J.T. Miller | C | $6,000 | 16.8 | 1.32% |
| Kailer Yamamoto | W | $3,600 | 0 | 1.30% |
| Reilly Smith | W | $4,600 | 49.3 | 1.27% |
| Jean-Gabriel Pageau | C | $3,600 | 1.6 | 1.25% |
| Filip Forsberg | W | $7,300 | 4.8 | 1.25% |
| Kyle Palmieri | W | $4,700 | 15.2 | 1.23% |
| Tyler Toffoli | W | $7,200 | 14.4 | 1.21% |
| Ivan Provorov | D | $5,400 | 4.8 | 1.20% |
| David Perron | W | $6,400 | 6.4 | 1.19% |
| Christian Dvorak | C | $4,400 | 30.9 | 1.17% |
| Clayton Keller | W | $5,600 | 6.4 | 1.09% |
| Marcus Foligno | W | $3,400 | 3.2 | 1.08% |
| Nino Niederreiter | W | $4,900 | 4.8 | 1.07% |
| Justin Holl | D | $3,600 | 11.2 | 1.06% |
| Max Domi | C | $4,500 | 16.8 | 1.03% |
| Jordan Staal | C | $4,800 | 3.2 | 1.03% |
| Drew Doughty | D | $5,100 | 4.8 | 1.02% |
| Brock Boeser | W | $6,900 | 4.8 | 1.02% |
| Nick Bonino | W | $3,800 | 13.6 | 1.01% |
| Victor Rask | C | $3,700 | 13.6 | 0.99% |
| Jordan Eberle | W | $5,800 | 21.6 | 0.99% |
| Quinn Hughes | D | $5,000 | 12.8 | 0.99% |
| Joel Farabee | W | $4,600 | 6.4 | 0.97% |
| Owen Tippett | W | $3,400 | 12.8 | 0.95% |
| Jack Roslovic | C | $4,600 | 16.8 | 0.91% |
| Yanni Gourde | C | $4,700 | 16 | 0.91% |
| Pavel Zacha | W | $4,400 | 6.4 | 0.91% |
| Wade Allison | W | $3,300 | 4.8 | 0.89% |
| Nikita Zaitsev | D | $3,700 | 4.8 | 0.87% |
| Ryan Suter | D | $3,700 | 4.8 | 0.87% |
| Connor Brown | W | $4,600 | 31.7 | 0.86% |
| Oliver Wahlstrom | W | $3,200 | 24.5 | 0.84% |
| Mike Hoffman | W | $5,000 | 3.2 | 0.84% |
| Ryan Graves | D | $3,500 | 4.8 | 0.81% |
| Josh Bailey | W | $4,300 | 8 | 0.80% |
| Keith Yandle | D | $4,000 | 3.2 | 0.80% |
| Timo Meier | W | $4,600 | 15.2 | 0.78% |
| Jakub Voracek | W | $6,100 | 6.4 | 0.76% |
| Eeli Tolvanen | W | $4,800 | 3.2 | 0.76% |
| James van Riemsdyk | W | $5,700 | 9.6 | 0.74% |
| Adam Lowry | C | $3,400 | 4.8 | 0.73% |
| Bo Horvat | C | $6,300 | 4.8 | 0.72% |
| Erik Cernak | D | $3,700 | 0 | 0.72% |
| Ryan Johansen | C | $4,800 | 3.2 | 0.71% |
| Mattias Ekholm | D | $3,900 | 12.8 | 0.71% |
| Jack Hughes | C | $4,700 | 6.4 | 0.68% |
| Michael Del Zotto | D | $3,600 | 4.8 | 0.68% |
| Justin Schultz | D | $3,900 | 20.8 | 0.66% |
| Nico Hischier | C | $4,900 | 1.6 | 0.66% |
| Jaccob Slavin | D | $4,100 | 1.6 | 0.65% |
| Valeri Nichushkin | W | $3,700 | 4.8 | 0.65% |
| Nick Leddy | D | $4,300 | 13.3 | 0.63% |
| Conor Sheary | W | $3,600 | 20 | 0.63% |
| Brandon Montour | D | $3,700 | 3.2 | 0.62% |
| Alex Killorn | W | $4,700 | 4.8 | 0.62% |
| Jamie Drysdale | D | $3,500 | 9.6 | 0.62% |
| Mattias Janmark | W | $3,500 | 1.6 | 0.60% |
| Paul Stastny | W | $4,700 | 0 | 0.58% |
| Brett Pesce | D | $3,900 | 3.2 | 0.58% |
| Filip Zadina | W | $3,800 | 1.6 | 0.58% |
| Kevin Hayes | C | $4,500 | 1.6 | 0.54% |
| Alex Chiasson | W | $3,500 | 6.4 | 0.53% |
| Peyton Krebs | C | $3,100 | 1.6 | 0.53% |
| Anthony Cirelli | C | $4,400 | 3.2 | 0.53% |
| Sebastian Aho | D | $3,500 | 0.48% | |
| Vladislav Namestnikov | C | $3,700 | 3.2 | 0.47% |
| Patrik Laine | W | $4,900 | 17.6 | 0.47% |
| Mikael Granlund | C | $5,500 | 19.2 | 0.45% |
| T.J. Brodie | D | $3,500 | 1.6 | 0.44% |
| Adrian Kempe | W | $4,200 | 1.6 | 0.44% |
| Jordan Greenway | W | $3,600 | 3.2 | 0.44% |
| Pierre-Luc Dubois | C | $4,500 | 4.8 | 0.43% |
| Travis Sanheim | D | $3,700 | 4.8 | 0.42% |
| Joel Armia | W | $3,600 | 3.2 | 0.42% |
| Travis Zajac | W | $3,200 | 0 | 0.41% |
| Yegor Sharangovich | W | $4,600 | 1.6 | 0.40% |
| Michael Rasmussen | W | $3,200 | 11.2 | 0.40% |
| Victor Soderstrom | D | $3,500 | 9.6 | 0.40% |
| Jesper Bratt | W | $4,200 | 6.4 | 0.39% |
| Tyler Bozak | C | $3,900 | 0 | 0.39% |
| Damon Severson | D | $4,100 | 1.6 | 0.39% |
| Jaden Schwartz | W | $4,500 | 1.6 | 0.35% |
| Noah Dobson | D | $3,500 | 6.4 | 0.35% |
| Mario Ferraro | D | $3,700 | 6.4 | 0.34% |
| Jan Jenik | W | $3,000 | 13.6 | 0.33% |
| Tim Stuetzle | W | $3,900 | 46.1 | 0.33% |
| Brady Skjei | D | $3,700 | 4.8 | 0.32% |
| Sean Walker | D | $4,000 | 28 | 0.31% |
| Jason Spezza | W | $3,500 | 8 | 0.31% |
| Brenden Dillon | D | $3,900 | 1.6 | 0.31% |
| Calle Jarnkrok | W | $3,600 | 14.4 | 0.30% |
| Mason Appleton | W | $3,500 | 13.6 | 0.30% |
| Alex Iafallo | W | $4,500 | 14.4 | 0.30% |
| Tomas Tatar | W | $4,800 | 3.2 | 0.30% |
| Gabriel Vilardi | C | $3,600 | 12.8 | 0.29% |
| Alex Barre-Boulet | W | $3,500 | 0.29% | |
| Nathan MacKinnon | C | $8,800 | 0.27% | |
| Josh Anderson | W | $4,500 | 1.6 | 0.27% |
| Frank Vatrano | W | $4,600 | 12.8 | 0.26% |
| Vladislav Gavrikov | D | $3,500 | 1.6 | 0.26% |
| Jordan Kyrou | W | $3,600 | 1.6 | 0.26% |
| Adam Pelech | D | $3,700 | 11.2 | 0.25% |
| Cam York | D | $3,500 | 0 | 0.25% |
| Dylan DeMelo | D | $3,500 | 4.8 | 0.24% |
| Nico Sturm | C | $3,200 | 9.6 | 0.24% |
| Max Comtois | W | $4,400 | 24.8 | 0.24% |
| Nick Paul | W | $3,700 | 8 | 0.23% |
| Zach Sanford | W | $3,400 | 6.4 | 0.23% |
| Alex Newhook | C | $3,000 | 4.8 | 0.22% |
| Will Butcher | D | $3,500 | 12.8 | 0.22% |
| Valtteri Filppula | C | $3,600 | 16.8 | 0.22% |
| Mikhail Grigorenko | W | $3,000 | 3.2 | 0.22% |
| Erik Haula | W | $3,700 | 16.8 | 0.22% |
| Mason Marchment | W | $3,100 | 0 | 0.21% |
| Patric Hornqvist | W | $5,200 | 0.21% | |
| Brayden Schenn | W | $4,600 | 6.4 | 0.21% |
| Carter Verhaeghe | W | $5,500 | 0.21% | |
| Scott Mayfield | D | $3,500 | 1.6 | 0.20% |
| Ryan McDonagh | D | $3,700 | 0.20% | |
| Artem Zub | D | $3,500 | 9.6 | 0.20% |
| Mathieu Perreault | W | $3,100 | 0 | 0.20% |
| Marcus Johansson | W | $3,600 | 0 | 0.19% |
| Nate Schmidt | D | $3,900 | 1.6 | 0.19% |
| Emil Bemstrom | W | $3,500 | 0 | 0.19% |
| Jesperi Kotkaniemi | C | $4,200 | 3.2 | 0.18% |
| Adam Larsson | D | $3,500 | 4.8 | 0.18% |
| Tanner Pearson | W | $4,500 | 3.2 | 0.18% |
| Alexander Edler | D | $4,000 | 9.6 | 0.17% |
| Colin White | C | $3,400 | 3.2 | 0.17% |
| Travis Hamonic | D | $3,800 | 8 | 0.17% |
| Neal Pionk | D | $4,300 | 0.16% | |
| Tyler Myers | D | $3,600 | 1.6 | 0.16% |
| David Savard | D | $3,600 | 6.4 | 0.16% |
| Lane Pederson | C | $3,000 | 4.8 | 0.15% |
| Alex Wennberg | C | $4,200 | 40.8 | 0.15% |
| Andreas Athanasiou | W | $3,500 | 3.2 | 0.15% |
| Sam Gagner | W | $3,700 | 20.5 | 0.15% |
| Rudolfs Balcers | W | $3,300 | 15.2 | 0.14% |
| Nick Bjugstad | W | $3,000 | 3.2 | 0.14% |
| Tyler Lewington | D | $3,500 | 0.14% | |
| Barclay Goodrow | W | $3,300 | 8 | 0.14% |
| Corey Perry | W | $3,200 | 3.2 | 0.13% |
| Danny DeKeyser | D | $3,800 | 16.8 | 0.13% |
| Trevor Moore | W | $3,600 | 0 | 0.13% |
| Derick Brassard | W | $3,200 | 3.2 | 0.13% |
| Tyler Johnson | W | $3,500 | 4.8 | 0.13% |
| Alexander Kerfoot | C | $3,400 | 4.8 | 0.12% |
| Nic Dowd | C | $3,400 | 12.8 | 0.12% |
| Cam Fowler | D | $3,700 | 0 | 0.12% |
| Nicolas Hague | D | $3,500 | 1.6 | 0.12% |
| Evgenii Dadonov | W | $4,400 | 0 | 0.12% |
| Adam Brooks | C | $3,000 | 3.2 | 0.12% |
| Kevin Shattenkirk | D | $3,600 | 0.11% | |
| Kevin Labanc | W | $4,400 | 21.6 | 0.11% |
| Carl Soderberg | W | $3,000 | 0.11% | |
| Jacob MacDonald | D | $3,600 | 3.2 | 0.11% |
| Rasmus Sandin | D | $3,500 | 0.11% | |
| Marc Staal | D | $3,500 | 1.6 | 0.10% |
| Josh Archibald | W | $3,300 | 4.8 | 0.10% |
| Shane Pinto | C | $3,000 | 17.6 | 0.10% |
| Adam Henrique | C | $4,700 | 0.10% | |
| Joe Veleno | C | $3,300 | 0.10% | |
| Pierre Engvall | W | $3,000 | 16.8 | 0.10% |
